Brooklyn toddler hasn’t seen his mother since before 1st birthday; family will take part in NYC ‘Missing Persons Day’

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BROOKLYN — Christopher Cobo was shy, after waking from a nap in his Borough Park home. He will turn two years old in July. His mother, Chelsea, has missed many of his milestones.

“His second birthday is approaching, and that means he’s going to become more aware,” said Christopher’s grandmother, Rose Cobo. “Right now, he doesn’t really know that his mother’s missing.”

Chelsea Cobo, who was 22 when she vanished last May, is one of 13,000 people who disappeared in New York City in 2016.

Her back story is a sad one.

Chelsea’s parents suffered from mental health problems.

After Chelsea’s biological mother died in late February 2016, Chelsea fell into a depression several weeks later and was hospitalized at Coney Island Hospital’s psychiatric ward, according to Rose Cobo.

“Inside the hospital, where she went to get help, is where drugs were introduced to her,” Rose Cobo told PIX11.

Not long after Chelsea was released from the hospital, she fell into a downward spiral, Rose Cobo said.
On May 6, 2016, Chelsea was supposed to check into a rehab in Yonkers but never did, according to Rose.